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At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

We serve an extraordinary purpose. For more than 140 years, we have worked diligently to discover medicines that make life better. These discoveries start in Lilly Research Laboratories, where our scientists work to create new medicines that will help solve our world’s greatest health challenges.

At the Lilly Seaport Innovation Center in Boston, Massachusetts, we explore how next generation therapeutics, new technologies, data analytics and new care models can improve patient health and the healthcare system. Our team shares a real passion for challenging conventional wisdom and creating an environment that embraces creative, break-through concepts. The Center offers a start-up environment with large company support. It is located in the heart of Massachusetts’ exploding science and technology cluster and is within walking distance of some of the best academic and industry innovators in the world.

We are seeking a highly motivated associate scientist to join our Genetic Medicine team. The successful candidate will have a strong research track record in chemistry and be analytically minded, systematic, and embrace data-driven decision making. The scientist will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across key Lilly therapeutic areas (e.g. neuroscience, diabetes, immunology) to perform experiments to aid development of RNA oligonucleotide drug candidates for the next generation of RNA therapies.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Synthesize therapeutic oligonucleotides (ASO, siRNA, and others) at different synthetic scales using automated solid-phase synthesizers.

• Routinely purify oligonucleotides using FPLC/HPLC and analyze purity by LC-MS.

• Independently problem-solve in the laboratory setting to overcome synthetic challenges and improve upon existing workflows

• Maintain laboratory equipment and manage laboratory inventory/consumables.

• Visualize, summarize, and present results to team members,

• Partner with cross-functional teams to drive high-speed innovation,

• Embrace diversity of thought, background and experience to deliver innovative solutions,

• Possess strong communication and organizational skills regarding accurate record keeping, independent data analysis, and reporting of data in compliance with company standards

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors and/or Masters in Chemistry or related scientific field with experience in solid-phase oligonucleotide synthesis

Additional Skills/Preferences:

• Experience with Akta Oligosynt or Oligopilot (scale up syntheses) is strongly preferred

• The ideal candidate will possess a solid understanding of RNA therapeutics.

• Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, and team-player mindset

• Support the implementation of new technologies and workflows.

• Demonstrated technical proficiency and ability to create ideas for future work plans

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Our employee resource groups (ERGs) offer strong support networks for their members and are open to all employees. Our current groups include: Africa, Middle East, Central Asia Network, Black Employees at Lilly, Chinese Culture Network, Japanese International Leadership Network (JILN), Lilly India Network, Organization of Latinx at Lilly (OLA), PRIDE (LGBTQ+ Allies), Veterans Leadership Network (VLN), Women’s Initiative for Leading at Lilly (WILL), enAble (for people with disabilities). Learn more about all of our groups.

Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location. The anticipated wage for this position is

$69,000 - $179,300

Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance). In addition, Lilly offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees, including eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k); pension; vacation benefits; eligibility for medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts); life insurance and death benefits; certain time off and leave of absence benefits; and well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities).Lilly reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion and Lilly’s compensation practices and guidelines will apply regarding the details of any promotion or transfer of Lilly employees.

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